FPA-12421

Borders Estate

Approved Felling Permission Application

Where

Woodland: Borthaugh Covert
Nearest town: Hawick
Local authority: Scottish Borders Council
Conservancy: South Scotland Conservancy Area Office
Grid reference: NT475136

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

Application registered 1 April 2025
Application accepted 1 April 2025
Consultation opens 6 May 2025
Consultation closes 3 June 2025
Decision issued 5 June 2025
Restocking due 30 June 2028

Area

Total area: 5.87 ha
Conifer: 5.87 ha

Official source

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FPA-12421

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First archived 9 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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Track changes

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9 Jul 2026, 09:55 BST

Status when first captured

Approved

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Forestry operations

Applicant-proposed operations extracted from the archived application form. Figures remain grouped as submitted and are not summed by species.

Felling window: 1 May 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Felling area: 5.87 ha
Estimated volume: 1,765 m³
Proposed restocking: 5.87 ha · 100% of felling licence

Species in felling operations

Japanese larch Scots pine

Proposed restocking species

Mixed native broadleaves Scots pine Western red cedar

Felling operations

Detailed proposed felling operations
Site/Cpt	Operation	Species	Area	Age	Trees	Volume	Marking
2102A	Clear Felling	Scots pine	4.56 ha	75 yr	2,432	1,370 m³	None
2102B	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.71 ha	103 yr	276	215 m³	None
2102C	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.12 ha	103 yr	47	35 m³	None
2102D	Clear Felling	Japanese larch	0.48 ha	103 yr	186	145 m³	None

Proposed restocking

Detailed proposed restocking operations
Site/Cpt	Proposal	Species / land use	% of site	Area	Density / ha	Trees	Alternative site
2102A	Replant felled area	Scots pine	65%	3.82 ha	2,500	—	—
2102B	Replant felled area	Western red cedar	8%	0.47 ha	2,500	—	—
2102C	Replant felled area	Mixed native broadleaves	8%	0.47 ha	1,600	—	—
2102D	Create Designed Open Ground	—	19%	1.12 ha	—	—	—

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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

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Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site	Designation	Proximity	Published area	Geographic scope
River Tweed Site 1366 Official SiteLink record for River Tweed ↗	Designation BIOLOGICAL	Proximity 425 m away	Published area 2,533.66 ha	Geographic scope MIXED

Site

Designation

Proximity

Published area

Geographic scope

River Tweed

Site 1366

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Designation BIOLOGICAL

Proximity 425 m away

Published area 2,533.66 ha

Geographic scope MIXED

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NT 475 135

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 223

Brown earths with rankers

Soil association: Ettrick
Parent material: Drifts derived from Lower Paleozoic greywackes and shales
Landform: Hills with strong and steep complex slopes: moderately to very rocky

Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

Linhope · 70% Brown earths
ETTRICK(RANK) · 30% Rankers

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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Nearby records

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Within 10 km

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